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Spotted Blue Eye
Pseudomugil gertrudae
The spotted blue-eye (Pseudomugil gertrudae), also known as the delicate blue-eye, Gertrude's blue-eye, or northern blue-eye, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Pseudomugilidae. It is native to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and northern Australia. It adapts readily to captivity and can be kept in a small freshwater aquarium.
From the article Spotted blue-eye on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The spotted blue-eye has an elongated body generally up to 2.5 cm (1.0 in) in length; rarely, it may grow to 3 cm (1.2 in). The overall color is transparent to pale silver-white, sometimes with tints of tan or yellow. The rear half of the body is marked by three horizontal black lines (which break up into spots anteriorly), and the fins are yellow with black markings. Body size, color and shape vary across its range: for instance, fish from the Aru Islands are larger, those from the vicinity of Darwin have orange pectoral fins, while fish from Goanna Lagoon in Arnhem Land have an orange body.
Range & habitat
The spotted blue-eye is found in rivers in southern New Guinea, the Aru Islands, and the Northern Territory and Cape York Peninsula (Queensland) in Australia. Its habitat includes small slow-moving streams, often less than 60 cm (23.6 in) deep, pools, and Melaleuca or Pandanus swamps. It has been found in water with pH from 3.68 to 9.4.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
What it does
Its diet has been little-studied, but algae and small invertebrates are believed to make up a large part of it.
Wikipedia: “Feeding”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 530745.